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The Jewish Killbox: Israel planning ring of checkpoints to prevent men from fleeing Rafah
Israel is setting up 'complex network' of checkpoints to prevent 'military age' men from fleeing Rafah assault, senior western official tells MEE | Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity. ● The checkpoints are designed to allow some women and children to leave Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli offensive, but unarmed, civilian Palestinian men will likely be separated from their families and remain trapped in Rafah during an expected Israeli assault. ● The previously unreported disclosure of Israel’s construction of a ring of checkpoints around Rafah underscores how Israel is pushing ahead with plans to attack the city where over one million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in tents and makeshift camps. ● The creation of gender-based checkpoints around Rafah would put a spotlight back on Israel’s practice of stripping and forcibly detaining male Palestinian men and children, as it faces rising scrutiny in the West of its conduct in the war. The rounding up of Palestinian males in Gaza and photographing them stripped to their underwear drew condemnation in December, with the US calling the images “deeply disturbing”.
■ 'Israel' has no 'Intl' credit' to invade Rafah: Ex-Israeli General (Al Mayadeen)
■ Live blog: Israeli army 'ready' to invade Gaza's Rafah in 72 hours (TRT World)
■ Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people, Palestinian officials say (Spectrum News)
■ 7 more Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes across Gaza (aNews)
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